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How the two Figma routes differ.
Both products import from Figma and neither does it perfectly. The difference is what they are importing into.
Open the original Figma file.
Send the frame with the plugin.
Set breakpoints and SEO fields.
Connect your domain and publish.
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Webflow’s app against Siter.io’s plugin
Webflow’s is a free two-part Webflow Labs integration that syncs components, variables and styles into a Webflow project. Layers need auto layout applied to sync at all, it does not work in Safari, and gradient overlays and blend modes often need fixing by hand.
Siter.io’s plugin sends a frame to a canvas. Prototype animations and interactions do not import, and there is no re-sync, so later Figma edits do not flow through.
Neither is one-click. There is no tool that turns an arbitrary Figma file into a finished site without cleanup, and any page telling you otherwise is selling something. The Figma plugin page walks through Siter.io’s path with screenshots.
Siter.io compared with Webflow · every figure checked 2026-09-03
A Webflow alternative for designers who don’t need a CMS
Siter.io imports your Figma design and publishes it, on a canvas that works like a design tool rather than a class system. Fewer capabilities, much less to learn.
Start for free -> See the Figma plugin
The short answer.
Webflow is the more capable product and will stay that way. It has a CMS, code export and a style system built for large sites, and Siter.io has none of those. What Siter.io has is a shorter path: from $7/mo billed yearly instead of $15/mo billed yearly, $25 monthly, no classes to learn, and one plan instead of a Site plan plus a Workspace plan.
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Switch if…
The site is a designed portfolio or a landing page with no blog, the design already exists in Figma, and Webflow’s capability is sitting unused on the invoice.
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Stay if…
Stay on Webflow if you need a CMS, if you want the option to export the code and host it elsewhere, or if the site is big enough that a class-based style system pays for itself.
What it costs to publish one site.
Prices are the per-month figure when billed annually. Webflow’s numbers come from its own pricing page and help centre, read on 2026-09-03; the last change was 13 May 2026, when Webflow merged the CMS and Business plans into one Premium plan, added a Team plan and put AI credits on every Workspace plan.
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Siter.io
Start
Free
Private previews only - no public publishing, 10 pages.
Solo
$7 /mo billed yearly · $8 monthly
1 published website, 10 pages, custom domain included.
Plus
$12 /mo billed yearly · $14 monthly
3 published websites, 50 pages, custom domain included.
Full plan list on pricing. Checked 2026-09-03.
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Webflow
Starter
Free
Publishes to a webflow.io subdomain with the Made in Webflow badge. 2 static pages, 50 CMS items, 1,000 monthly visits. No custom domain.
Basic
$15 per site, billed yearly · $25 monthly
Custom domain and 300 static pages, but explicitly no CMS and no e-commerce features.
Premium
$25 per site, billed yearly · $39 monthly
The old CMS and Business plans merged. 40 CMS collections and 20,000 items.
From Webflow’s own pricing page. Checked 2026-09-03.
The pricing detail that catches people.
Webflow has two plan axes and they do different jobs. Getting them the wrong way round is the most common budgeting mistake on the platform.
A Site plan is what lets a site go live on your own domain. A Workspace plan is what covers seats, staging capacity and, above the Core tier, code export. You do not need a paid Workspace merely to publish, but you do need one to export.
The number that matters for a portfolio is the Basic Site plan: $15/mo billed yearly, $25 monthly, per site, and Basic explicitly carries no CMS and no e-commerce. So the entry plan costs a little over twice Siter.io’s from $7/mo billed yearly and still does not give you a blog. For a blog you are on Premium at $25/mo billed yearly.
Siter.io prices the other way round. One plan covers your account rather than one site: Plus at $12/mo publishes 3 sites and Pro at $24/mo publishes 5, with extra sites at $4–$8. If you keep two or three small sites alive, that is where the difference shows up.
Feature by feature.
The things a designer publishing a portfolio or a landing page actually runs into. “Not documented” means we could not confirm it from a primary source, and would rather leave a cell empty than guess.
| Feature | Siter.io | Webflow |
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| Free plan publishes a public site | No - the free plan builds and previews privately | Yes, to a webflow.io subdomain with a badge, 2 static pages, no custom domain |
| Cheapest plan that publishes to your own domain | $7/mo billed yearly, $8 monthly | $15/mo billed yearly, $25 monthly, per site |
| How pricing scales with more sites | Per plan - 3 sites on Plus at $12/mo, 5 on Pro at $24/mo, extras $4-$8 each | Per site - each published site needs its own Site plan |
| Pages | 10 on Solo, 50 on Plus, unlimited on Pro | 2 on the free Starter, 300 static pages on Basic |
| CMS, collections or blog | No | Yes, but not on Basic - Premium at $25/mo has 40 collections and 20,000 items |
| E-commerce | No - listed as upcoming | Not on Basic, which explicitly excludes it. What the Premium tier includes was not confirmed from a primary source |
| Code export | HTML download on Pro only; contents undocumented | Yes, but it needs a paid Workspace at Core tier or above, on top of the Site plan |
| Figma import | Yes - first-party plugin on every plan, one-way, no re-sync | Yes - free Webflow Labs app, one-way; needs auto layout, no Safari support |
| Animations and interactions | Yes - built on the canvas | Yes - interactions are a strong suit |
| Styling model | Direct on the canvas, like a design tool | Classes with inheritance - more powerful, and the main learning curve |
| Editors included on the entry paid plan | 2 on Solo, extras $4 each | One full Workspace seat for the owner; further seats are full, limited or free |
| Hosting and SSL | Yes, included on every plan | Yes, included with a Site plan |
| Responsive control | Three fixed breakpoints | Breakpoint-based, with more control than three fixed sizes |
Siter.io and Webflow details checked on 2026-09-03 against webflow.com, help.webflow.com. Prices change; tell us if a cell is out of date.
Where Webflow is genuinely better.
Webflow is not a product you replace on features. If any one of these matters to you, this is the wrong page to act on.
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A CMS that scales
Premium carries 40 collections and 20,000 items. Siter.io has no CMS at all, so anything driven by a content model belongs on Webflow.
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You can take the code and leave
Code export exists, on a paid Workspace at Core tier or above. Siter.io only offers an HTML download on Pro and does not document what the archive contains.
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A style system for large sites
Classes, inheritance and component variants keep a hundred-page site consistent. Siter.io's canvas is faster for eight pages and worse for a hundred.
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Figma sync, not just import
Webflow Labs' free two-part app brings components, variables and styles across, which is more than a one-shot layout import.
Why designers look elsewhere anyway.
The recurring question in Webflow’s own community is some version of “what are the worthy alternatives for non-devs?”. It is rarely about the output, which is good. It is about how much product you have to absorb to publish six pages.
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Two plan axes to reason about
A Site plan is what publishes to a custom domain; a Workspace plan is what unlocks code export and team controls. Working out which you need, and whether you need both, is a task in itself.
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The entry plan has no CMS
The cheapest way to publish one site on your own domain is Basic at $15 a month billed yearly, and Basic explicitly excludes CMS and e-commerce. So the plan that costs twice Siter.io's $7 still does not give you a blog.
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The class system is the curve
Webflow's class-based style system is the real learning cost, and it is the thing designers who are not developers most often bounce off. It pays for itself on a large site and is hard to justify on six pages.
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The Figma app has conditions
Layers need auto layout applied to sync at all, the app is unsupported in Safari, and gradient overlays and blend modes often need fixing by hand afterwards.
What you give up, stated plainly.
These gaps are the reason Siter.io is cheaper, and none of them is a roadmap promise.
- No CMS, collections or blog. No. Pages are designed one at a time.
- No e-commerce. No - listed as upcoming, with no date.
- The free plan does not publish. No - the free plan builds and previews privately; publishing needs a paid plan. Webflow’s free Starter does publish, to a webflow.io subdomain with a badge, so on this one point Webflow is more generous.
- Responsive work is three fixed breakpoints, against Webflow’s breakpoint system.
- Code export is limited. HTML download on Pro only; the contents of the export are not documented. If leaving with your code matters, that is a reason to choose Webflow.
- No real-time co-editing yet. No - listed as upcoming.
What you get instead: the Figma import on every plan including the free one, hosting and SSL included, a custom domain at no extra cost on paid plans, and editors inside the plan at 2 on Solo and 6 on Pro.
Who should stay on Webflow
A blog, a case-study collection, a shop, a site large enough that repeated styles need a system, a team that needs staged publishing and roles, or a client who expects the code handed over. Every one of those is a reason to stay.
Frequently asked.
What is the best Webflow alternative?
It depends on the CMS. If you need one, the honest answers are Framer or staying on Webflow, and our Framer comparison covers the first. If you do not need one, a smaller tool costs less and asks less of you.
Is there a free alternative to Webflow?
Webflow’s own Starter plan is the closest thing: it publishes two static pages to a webflow.io subdomain with a badge, at no cost. Siter.io cannot match that, because no - the free plan builds and previews privately; publishing needs a paid plan. Publishing on your own domain costs money everywhere.
Is Webflow too complicated for designers?
Not inherently, but it asks you to learn a class-based style system before the tool pays off. That investment is worth it on large or long-lived sites and hard to justify on a six-page portfolio. That gap is the whole reason this page exists.
Can I move a Webflow site to Siter.io?
Not automatically, and there is no importer. If the design started in Figma, import that frame into Siter.io instead. If it was built directly in Webflow, you are rebuilding it, and if it has CMS content you should not move it at all.
Does Siter.io export code like Webflow?
HTML download on Pro only; the contents of the export are not documented. Webflow’s export is the more serious feature, though it needs a paid Workspace at Core tier or above on top of the Site plan. If code export is your reason for switching, stay.
Webflow or Squarespace for a portfolio?
That is a different question with a different answer, and we wrote it up separately on Webflow vs Squarespace. The short version: Squarespace is faster to a decent-looking site, Webflow gives you control over the design.
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Skip the class system for once.
Import a Figma frame, lay it out on a canvas that works like a design tool, and publish. The free plan builds and previews as much as you like; publishing to your own domain starts at $7/mo billed yearly.
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